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Activities of Mick WALLACE related to 2022/2145(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

EU Rapid Deployment Capacity, EU Battlegroups and Article 44 TEU: the way forward (A9-0077/2023 - Javi López)
2023/04/19
Dossiers: 2022/2145(INI)

Amendments (6)

Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the Strategic Compass sets out EU-level action in many of these areas; whereas the European Defence Fund and the European Peace Facility are EU instruments which have already been deployed and that are designed to improve military capabilities and foster operational cooperation and burden-swill lead to increased human rights abuses, violence and arms proliferation and not to peace and political solutions; stresses that the facility's approach fails to address the root causes of conflicts but will harm civilians and fuel violations of international humanitarian law; whereas the European Defence Fund as well as the short term financial instrument for common defence procurement (EDIPAR) violate Article 41.2 of the EU Treaty which prohibits the funding of actions harving abroadmilitary or defence implications from the Union budget;
2022/12/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas, in line with Article 41.2 of the TEU, the administrative and operating expenditure for the RDC should be charged to the Union budget except for expenditure that is covered by the European Peace Facility, notwithstanding the possibility for participating Member States to make free-of-charge contributions to the RDCarising from actions having military or defence implications must not be charged to the Union budget;
2022/12/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomeRejects the VP/HR’s proposal, enshrined in the Strategic Compass, to establish an RDC; stresses the importance of the EU having the necessary capabiat this policy concept is based on a purely geopolitiescal and structures to take action rapidlya neo-colonial approach to guard sphere of political and decisively donomic interest, abusing the neighbouring countrises in order to serve and protect the Union’s citizens, interests and values across the worldand regions as EU door keeper for EU's security interests only, and as supplier for raw materials; denounces and deeply deplores the unprecedented speed with which the EU is being militarised; stresses the need for a change of EU's policy towards equal partnerships and non- interventionist approach;
2022/12/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point g
(g) Similarly, its operating expenditure shouldmust not be funded from the Union budget with the exception of expenditure that is charged to the European Peace Facilityin line with Article 41.2 TEU;
2022/12/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls foron the EU RDC to have the possibility of being deployed andand Member States to massively increase civil protection capacities acting in emergencies, natural disasters such as floods or wildfires, or other significant civil-protection crises inside EU territory, at the proposal of the VP/HR and following the percluding pandemics inside EU territory, demands in this regards to not rely on volunteerism or voluntary work but to establish a permanent contingent authorisation procedureof professional civil protection and disaster relief workers;
2022/12/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point b
(b) warns that acting by qualified majority after deliberation in the Council would once again increase the influence and power of big member states, such as Germany and France, considerably at the expense of smaller Member States;
2022/12/01
Committee: AFET